Released in 2002, Rabbit Proof Fence was internationally lauded for exposing the misery and realities behind the policy of forced removal of Aboriginal halfcaste children. In 1931, three young indigenous girls were snatched from their mother as part of the stolen generation and p...laced in a settlement 1,500 miles away across West Australias Gibson Desert. The film is based on their journey and escape as they follow the rabbit proof fence to return home. Behrendt offers her unique perspective on the Rabbit Proof Fence and examines what makes the story so integral to Australian film history.Read more

Provides an insight into writing scripts for the specialised format of television series and serials. This volume showcases a selection of acclaimed scripts from Blue Heelers , Wildside , Good Guys, Bad Guys and Home and Away .

Eddie Harnovey is an intelligent and honest man who finds himself, with a wife, a young child and three dollars. As Eddie struggles to retain his integrity and compassion, the human cost of economic rationalism is exposed in this suspenseful tale of living and loving in changing ...times. This is a tale of the honest and compassionate Eddie.Read more

This an analysis of the violence which lurks at the heart of Australian society. Returning home from prison, Brett sets about establishing control over his wayward brothers Stevie and Glenn. Unemployed and without prospects, Brett needs something to keep them under his thumb.

A woman disappears: four marriages are drawn into a tangled web of love, deceit, sex and death. Not all of them will survive. Lantana is a psychological drama about love, infidelity and mistrust. It's about the mistakes we make, the consequences we suffer and the attempts we make... to fix things up. Film release in October 2001.Read more

Adapted for the screen by the author from her enormously successful novel about Josie Alibrandi and her relationship with her friends and family in her last year at school. Includes stills from the film and an introduction from the author.